Pipe connection



@ms 13, y R. R. BANTA PIPE CONNECTION Fnel Jan. s. 1924 ZO Z @l Patented Ovct. 13, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed January .l fluid under pressures, particularly where the pipe is in the larger sizes, consists in pipe sections and fittings having integrally formed flanges at their opposite ends. The flanges of adjacent sections or fittings are secured together by bolts passing through the flanges. The joint is made pressure tight by means of a gasket compressed betweenthe flanges. l

When this'pipe is used in constructions involving various lengths of sections, its cost is excessive since the special sections must be c'ast to the length desired with the flanges cast integrally therewith.

Bell end pipe avoids the necessity for the casting of special lengths, since the pipe may be cut to give a spigot end at any desired length from the bell end, and all fittings are provided with bell ends upon all openings therein. Such pipes are, however, unable to handle heavy ressures since the joints are made tight on y b packing the bell` around the spigot end an pouring in lead.

vIt `is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved pipe Connection adapted to furnish necessary resistance to pressure without the necessity for cast eecuring flanges.

It 1s a further object to provide a construction of this character in which certain of the connecting members are removably associated with a plain or spigot end of o. pipe section.

It is also an object to provide construction in which upon joining the pipe ends a as to form a fluid tight joint.

Other and further objects will appear as the descri tion proceeds.

I have i lustrated a preferred embodiment packing ring is deformed in such manner- 5, 1924. Serial 684,488.

of my invention in the accompanying drawin in which- `igure 1 is a section through a pipe joint constructed according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a section through the packing ring; and

Figure 3 is a view of the split locking ring.

The form of pipe shown is provided with a bell end 11 and a spigot end 12. As clearly shown in Figure 1 the spigot end of one p1pe 1s adapted to fit within the bell end of the adjacent pipe. The pipe has formed therein adjacent the spigot end a circumferential recess 13. Fitted in this recess is the s lit locking ring 14, which ring is preferab y formed of resilient metal. and is sl1pped over the spigot end of the pipe. Its resiliency holds it tightly in place in the recess 13.

The collar 15 is fitted uponthe pipev adjacent the ring 14 and is provided with the lip 16 Overhan ing that ring., It will be further notedy tat the lip is Wedge-shaped in Cross section and the outer edge 17 of the lip extends beyond the face of the s lit ring 14. This edge of the lip engages tlie packing ring 18 and deforms it and presses it intozthe arcuateI recess 19 in the bell end of the pipe. The (parts are drawn together b the o ts 20 an nuts 21 which join. the co lar 15 and the flange 22 upon the bell end of the adjacent pipe. The acking ring 18 is shown .in its undeformedp normal condition in Figure 2.

The joint described is ,composed of but few parts which are simple in design and construction. It may bereadil applied to pipe similar to bell end pipe o usual type, the variation ,from the usual type consisting in the provision of the circumferential recess 13 and ofthe necessary bolt holes in the flange 22. The circumferential lip 16 retains the lockin vring 14 securely in laoe and the outer lece 17 of the lip so de orms and presses the packing ring Into the bell end as to assure a fluid tight joint.

It will be understood that all fittings such asYs, Ts, elbows,etc., will be provided'with bell flanges of the type shown in Figure 1, at all of their ends. Consequently some Connectin i e sections will not be rovided witi be flanges at either end. e

pipe sections may be cut to any desired length and the circumferential recess 13 then cut in the pipe so that no special castings are required. v

l have shown one preerred embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawings but l contemplate such modifications and changes as come Within the scope of the appended claims l claim:

L ln a pipe coupling,V the combination With a spigot-end and a ellend, of a iange separate from and embracing the spigot-end and having a circumferential lip'extending towards the bell-end, a locking ring embracing the spigot-end and seated in an external groove therein end snugly embraced by the lip, said lip projecting beyond the outer face of said ring, the bell-end having a recess receiving the projecting portion of the lip, packing within the recess and engaged by the lip and the locking ring, and means for drawing together the splgot and bellends,

2. ln a pipe coupling, the combination of insegne a bell-end having a circumferential recess in the bell portion and opening through the front face of the bell, a spigot-end extending Within the bell member and encircled by the recess, said spigot-end having an eX- ternal circumferential groove, a flange member separate from and embracing the spigot-end in rear of the groove and provided upon its front face with a circumferential lip spaced from. and extending across the groove in the spigot-end and into the recess in the bell-end, a locking ring occupying the groove and snugly embraced by the lip, packing occupying the recess and engaged by the front face of the locking ring and the outer end portion of the lip, and means for drawing together the spigot and bell members, the lip being Wedgeshaped in cross-section and projecting beyond the locking ring and into the recess in the bell-end.

Signed at Chicago, illinois, this 22nd day of December, 1923e ROBERT R1. BANTA. 

